Manchester Football Association


The Manchester Football Association is the governing body for association football in the centre of the city of Manchester, England. They are responsible for the governance and development of football at all levels in the area.

Administration

The administrative area covered by the Manchester FA and Lancashire County FA overlaps Cheshire FA, Derbyshire FA, and Liverpool County FA. According to the Memorandum on Areas and Overlapping of Associations the Manchester FA covers the area 12 miles from Manchester Town Hall.
The Manchester FA administration headquarters was located at the Platt Lane Complex until 2018, and was then moved to the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre in the Etihad Campus in May of that year.

Affiliated leagues

Men's Saturday leagues

  • Manchester Football League
  • Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League
  • Manchester Saturday Morning League
  • Wigan and District League

    Other leagues

  • Greater Manchester Ability Counts Football League
  • Greater Manchester Police League
  • Greater Manchester Veterans League
  • ISS League
  • Manchester Jewish Soccer League
  • South Manchester and Cheshire Christian League

    Men's Sunday leagues

  • Cheshire and Manchester Sunday League
  • Eccles Sunday League
  • Hyde & District Sunday League
  • Manchester Accountants Sunday League
  • Manchester Amateur Sunday League
  • Middleton and District Sunday League
  • Oldham Sunday Football League
  • Stockport and Cheadle Sunday League
  • Tameside Sunday League

    Ladies and girls leagues

  • Greater Manchester Women's Football League
  • Cheshire and Manchester Women's League
  • North Manchester Girls League
  • South Manchester Girls League

    Youth leagues

  • Bury and Radcliffe Junior League
  • City of Salford Soccer League
  • East Manchester Junior League
  • Manchester Youth and Mini Soccer League
  • North Bury Junior League
  • Stockport Metro Junior League
  • Tameside and District Junior League
  • Timperley Junior League

    Small sided leagues

  • Manchester College Small Sided League
  • Manchester FA Business League Summer 6's
  • Manchester Futsal League
  • Manchester Women's Small Sided League
  • Salford Small Sided Veterans League

    Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

A number of leagues that were affiliated to the Manchester FA have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues including:
  • Ashton and District League
  • Ashton and District Sunday League
  • Blackley Amateur Sunday League
  • Bury Amateur League
  • Eccles and District Amateur League
  • Manchester Amateur League
  • Manchester and District Alliance
  • Oldham Amateur League
  • Reddish and District Junior League
  • Rochdale Alliance
  • Rusholme Sunday League
  • Salford Sunday League
  • South Manchester and Wythenshawe League

    Affiliated Member Clubs

Among the notable clubs that are affiliated to the Manchester FA are:
Clubs in the Premier League and The Football League that located in the Manchester area include:
Other clubs that are affiliated to the Manchester FA include:

County Cup Competitions

The Manchester FA run the following Cup Competitions:

List of Manchester Challenge Shield Winners

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List of Manchester Intermediate Challenge Cup Winners


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List of Manchester Premier Challenge Cup Winners


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List of Manchester Junior Cup Winners

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List of Manchester Challenge Trophy Winners


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List of Manchester Amateur Cup Winners

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Directors & Officials

Board of directors

  • J Green
  • D Owen
  • J McLellan-Grant
  • J Craven
  • C Bridgford
  • C Brindley
  • A Lawler
  • D Treasure
  • P Kay
  • D O'Donoghue

    Key Officials

  • Colin Bridgford
  • Daniel Green
  • Richard Cooper
  • Lee Folkard
  • Linda Meehan